Combined check and seal.



W. E. ELLIOTT.

COMBINED GHEGK AND SEAL. APPLIGATION FILED MAR.12,1907.

Patented Dem, 1909.

Ma ma- 55 v ered at its sides from the lateral extension itn' RAPIDS,MICHIGANi To all whoi' n 'it may? con-och:

Be it known 'thatl, 5W1LLIAM E. .Eiinio'r'r,

a citizen of the UnitedStates of America,

residing atGrand Rapids, in the'county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Checks andSeals; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear,and exactdescription ofthe invention, such as will enablezothers skilledsi-rrtheiart to which it appertainsl't o make aiidfiusegthe same. 4

My invention relates t9 =impi'ovclnents in a combined.cheokeand'sealianda its object.is

to provide a cheapand convenient device that shall serve both as a checkand a seal and thus secure the article uponwhichit may be placed againstany opening of the same without breaking the so and at provide thedevice with a various' new and,

the same .time" provide a suitable check in duplicate for delivery tothe owner of the artlcle upon whlch the sealisnsed, and to usefulfeatures hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed outin the claims, reference being bad to the' accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Figure 1. is a plan view of a device em bodying my invention; Fig. 2. alongitudinal section of the same on the line 22 of Fig. 1.; Fig. 3. theend view of a trunk .with my device a plied thereto; Fig. 4. an

enlarged sectiona detail of the same as shown in Fig. 3.; Fig. 5. adetail of the tag holding portion of the device; Fig. 6. an enlargeddetail of the retaining means shown on the line 6-6 of'Fig. 1; and, Fig.7. an enlarged vertical sectional" detail of ,the. locking means inlocked position.

Like numbers refer to like of the figu'res.

1 represents a strip of material parts in all referably of sheet metalprovided with a ateral enlargement 2 near one end for the purpose ofholding a paper tag 4 on which may be printed or written any desiredinscription,

and also a number corresponding to the number of the seal.

To (secure the tag in place, and ermit of inserting the same, the edgesof t e lateral enlargement are folded as at 3 forming grooves to receivethe edges of the tag. Near one end of this ta is a perforation 5 throughwhich is inserte the stri strip is bent or off-set. where it extendsthrough this opening as at 14 and is sev- 1, which of bein "Inserted andbent, as indicated at 18 in ig.

1 passed through the opening 5 and then bent around beneath the edgeiofthe tag, the latter will be securely retained in place. 6 is'a lockingpin which also Serves as a rivet to connect a transverse member 7 to thestrip 1, which member is extended a, sufiicient distance to be foldedupon itself with} its. end opposite the pin 6, which endis provided witha retainer inclosed in a case 8 to receive and hold the end of the pin.This pin and retainer are preferably of the construction shown in myco-pen ing a .plication for improvement in metallic seas,

filed. March 20,1907, Serial No. 363,363, in which a series of resilientmembers 19 having hook-shaped yielding ends are rovided. in the case 8,which .surrountLan en age curely retain the in in the case. The strip 7is also opposite y extended as at9 and partially evered adjacent to thestrip 1, whereby'a etachable check is formed upon which is stam ed thenumber of the check, a cor respon ing number being stamped upon thestrip .1 as at 11. This check 9 when the seal is used is detached anddelivered as a duplicate check to the owner of the article to which thedevice is attached. Near the other end of the strip 1,1 provide a seriesof perforations 10 through one of which when the seal is used, the pin 6is inserted.

In using this device upon a trunk, I prewith the tag holding member oposite the handle 16 of the trunkand on t e outside thereof, and with thelonger portion of the strip 1 extending within the handle and thenceupward between the band 17 and the body of the trunk-and with itserforated end bent outward ,andkibwnwar with the pin 6 extendedthrogg'hciie of the holes or openings 10, andithe' transverse member '7folded with the retainer case 8 attached to the end of the in 6. Thedevice thus serves to securely sea the trunk and at the same timeperforms the function of a check.

Obviously this seal may be applied to a great variety of articles havingany two members that may be attached to each other by means of the seal,or it may be passed around-any article such as a bag, thus forming a tiefor the same. Various other analothe shouldered end 20 of the pin 6 ansefer to apply the same, as shown in Fig. 4.

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gous uses'will be'foulid for the device as ber adapte to receive andretain the pin.

2. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a strip of sheet metal having a'lateral enlargementintermediate its ends provided with folde d edges, one endbein providedwlth a series of openings and also eing severed at its sides from thelateral enlargement, a locking pin fixed in the other end, a transversemember secured to the end having the pin, a case on the end of saidextension adapted to receive the pin and means for retaining the pinwithin the case.

3.'A device of the class described, comprising a strip of metal havingperforations near one end and a lockin .pm near the. other end, and alateral en argement havin folded edges to' hold 'a' tag, a tag provi edwith an opening WITBCGIVG the strip,

and a transverse member on the strip-having retaining means ada ted toreceive the lock ing pin and retain t e same.

4. A combined seal and'check, comprising a strip of metal havin alateral enlargement provided with f0 ded edges to form grooves, saidenlargement being partially severed at the sides of said strip, a tag inthe grooves and having an opening to receive the strip, a locking pinnear one end of the strip, a series of openings near the other, end ofthe strip, a transverse member secured by the pin, retaining means onsaid member to receive and retain the pin, a detachable check having anumber thereon, and a corresponding number on the strip and tam Thecombination of a metallic sea comprising a strip of metal, means forsealing its ends to each other, said stri having a lateral enlargementhaving to ded edges forming grooves to receive a tag, a ta 1nserted insaid grooves and provided wit an openingto receive the strip, and adetachable portion to said seal to serve as a check.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence-of two witnesses.

WILLIAM E. ELLIOTT. Witnessesz' GEORGIANA Canon, LUTHER V: MOULTON.

